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The Spanish Government has accused Britain of failing to tackle a sharp rise in tobacco smuggling at the border. In a statement marking the six-month deadline set by the European Commission following its visit last year, Spain also said that cooperation

The Opposition said last week that it supported the Government’s initiative to curb and control tobacco sales and the unsavoury activities that go with it. Well of course they support it they couldn’t do anything less. It’s like when they recently announ

The Spanish government are forever attempting to give Gibraltar a bad name over tobacco smuggling when, as everybody knows except them, those involved in such activity tend to be Spaniards. Not only that but the amount of tobacco seized at the La Linea

Gibraltar Government will make it illegal to conceal cigarettes in cars and motorbikes, or to drive a vehicle stashed with tobacco. The move is the latest step to clamp down on cigarette smuggling across the border into Spain. It comes just weeks after th

Customs officers seized a commercial quantity of cigarettes from a car in the Ocean Village area on Tuesday evening. A 27-year old Spanish national from the C&aacute;diz area was arrested after his Spanish-registered car was searched and 56 cartons of c

Tobacco smugglers will face tougher fines and persistent repeat offenders could even go to jail, Stipendiary Magistrate Charles Pitto has warned. Current court practice is to issue a fine mirroring the commercial value of the tobacco in respect of which

arrested a family of tobacco smugglers who bought cigarettes in Gibraltar and sold them in Seville. The clan was based in La Linea and hired people to drive cars stashed full of cigarettes across the border.

The sale of cigarettes in Laguna and Glacis estates will be prohibited as from the end of March in a bid to cut anti-social behaviour, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo announced last night. In a New Year speech, the Chief Minister also announced plans to s